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Pinkberry Domination Continues Apace; Chumley's in Trouble Again

<a href="http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/Pinkberry/">Pinkberry</a>&#8217;s quest for world domination becomes more tangible: Its founders have raised $27.5 million in the company&#8217;s first round of venture capital. [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/16/business/16berry.html?_r=1&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/F/Food&oref=slogin">NYT</a>]
Related: <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/food/2007/09/the_new_cold_war_the_battle_fo.html">The New Cold War: The Battle for Bleecker Street</a>
<a href="http://nymag.com/daily/food/2007/05/hear_the_pinkberry_jingle_atte.html">Hear the Pinkberry Jingle, Attempt to Get it Out of Your Head</a>
<a href="http://nymag.com/listings/bar/chumleys/">Chumley&#8217;s</a> prospective opening date of October 1 has come and gone, possibly because of certain &#8220;surprises&#8221; the engineers have found, including asbestos and an eroding foundation. [<a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/10162007/news/regionalnews/barroom_crawl.htm">NYP</a>]